crushes u.n. envoy describes the u.k.'s allegations in the script pulled poisoning cases absurd to during a tense meeting just ended at the u.n. security council and you'll. come up to visit the district of paris where the soaring crime rate be blamed on the gangs of migrant taking. on the campaign for israeli women to keep this sikhs on airplanes instead of switching with ultra orthodox jewish men is blocked by the authorities. morning live from moscow this is out international monitors kevin owen is one i am here and i welcome this live news updates starting with this the breaking news from the un security council h.q.

in new york will powers have just last concluded a meeting convened by russia on the scriptural poisoning case the russian ambassador address the chamber for over half an hour slamming the u.k.'s claims of kremlin involvement in last month's attack on the form of double agent and his daughter. yes good let speak cynically why did russia wait eight years and decide to actually two weeks before the election in the us and a few months before the world cup in the community why was he even released from the country in the first place why eliminate him in that strange and dangerous manner the meeting was convened by the russian federation and when the un security council gathered the meeting opened with remarks by the russian ambassador in which he essentially said that moscow is demanding answers he pointed out the allegations were leveled against russia just hours after the attack and taken place and that those allegations are hard to believe as neither boris johnson or theresa may or chemical experts who went on to point out that porton down laboratory which

actually tested the chemical substances did not say what the origin of the chemicals was it had no way of determining that now we then heard from the russian representative and the ambassador of the russian federation said that the allegations were absurd. and so it's lost little morris johnson mentioned dostoyevsky's crime and punishment saying that the novel's main entry was whether the copra would confess before he gets cool it's the novel by the way it's not about that it's who it's not a detective story it's serious philosophical literature but i would advise boris johnson to read other works of dostoyevsky or at least learn the tights who's. british intelligence has immediately rushed to porridge johnson's rescue just like chippendale it's a theater of the absurd. now russia has offered a joint investigation into the incident however it seems pretty clear that the united kingdom does not want that these are the remarks that we heard from the

ambassador representing the united kingdom before the security council mr president there are several ways to view this joint investigation i think the message for this i find most that is that have been lost in this ten fire fight but in this particular instance the arsonist wishes to investigate he saying. i am sorry mr president but that does not make it an independent investigation yulia scriptural has actually given her first statement to the u.k. police and she is apparently recovering from the incident so a lot of questions are remaining and this could be the beginning of a new chapter in the investigation into what exactly happened in salisbury but the focus of the meeting seemed to be russia you know strongly urging the world not to make assumptions and to look into the actual facts of the case so all the focus on

new york's most where the two u.n. security council meeting took place there as well private investor and right to chose all told give us his thoughts about it if you're watching all of it certainly the russian a bus that's the u.n. for selena benz it described the asians here is it a fear of the absurd is that not correct description as you see it from your side of the water there. yeah i mean i think you could say many things about whether a putin i've never met the man but i don't think you can call him stupid and you know the notion as the commentators were saying that right before an election right before the world cup that the russian state would do something like this in the u.k. coming off the experience in syria or syria where there were questions leveled about you know what really happened with that chemical attack back then it just doesn't make any sense it doesn't serve russia's interest what it does do is it serves to

heighten the tensions between the u.k. and russia maybe now the u.s. and russia and who benefits from that i think it's elements within the american deep state and allied actors in the u.k. this comes at the same time as we have a lingering serious questions over the prominence of the steel dossier and you know how this robert muller investigation actually came to happen and so you know i think we we really need to calm down a little bit and search for evidence jointly and i well i don't want to get britain saying when i see somebody make claims that aren't supported nor of course britain saying no it doesn't want to have russia are involved it wants they would therefore not be an independent investigation if that was the case but the benzine came out tonight with a whole pile of questions questions that you would very want much asked if you're being accused of this kind of thing. is there any way any scope at all that russia can be involved here because it's saying it won't go by the o.p.c. report if it isn't involved. well i certainly hope russia could be involved i mean

i would pose a quote by the logic that the u.k. is using there you know is there a possibility that either elements within the u.k. security security apparatus or elements you know private contractors to the same these shadowy organizations we've learned about is it possible that you know they may have instigated something like that and if so by the logic of whoever was using that argument the u.k. shouldn't be involved in the investigation so you know i really think these are very serious matters both of our countries are armed to the teeth it's quite something to accuse a foreign leader of this type of behavior u.s. is doing and he says or his interest the u.s. again said tonight kelly currie there around the table she said is washington's firm belief that russia was responsible again how can the u.s. be social or i can't answer that question i is just as a private citizen i have my grave doubts about this i have grave concerns about whether our deep state has gone rogue and whether our deep state here in this

country and its allies are are interested in always having a high state of military sense tension so that they can justify their existence so i mean i think we really need to get to the bottom in a fair way of what truly did happen here perhaps you know as we start musing and thinking more deeply about these questions and trying to find answers perhaps this will actually instigate a chance for the united states and russia to work productively toward a common mutual end which is bringing tensions down and fostering economic growth around the world are good as little you know new most positive day. i've certainly would like to i guess are we all getting a bit tired of this at this point well i think we'll leave all not thoughts charles will tell you having the program private investor and writes on the line for new york city as a rule action is at the u.n. tonight thank you. thank you so britain quick to point the finger russia

everyone trenching tonight but britain still being led left slightly red faced or more after some of those claims are beginning to unravel in the last twenty four hours summing it up more again as the of next it's a right old kid on drugs on the one hand you skip the trial screamed guilty and jump to the punishment part on the other your own guys come out and say hold on there's no evidence and now this is by we're living experts at the defense science and technology laboratory at porton down made clear that this was a military grade nobby choke nerve agent produced in russia we have not verified the press a source you have not been able to establish that this was made in russia as i said it's our job to provide you know the scientific evidence that identifies for the particular nerve agent is there to be clear you're not able at porton down to say where it is from we haven't yet been able to do that well that's embarrassing all

right keep calm first google back on your word and just to be sure delete any old tweets then riposte experts who say the opposite of what you said. our experts have precisely identified in their region as novacek it is not and has never been our responsibility to confirm the source of the agent now pretend that nothing happened which is hard to do in the internet really the brits ended up having to explain themselves and conveniently scapegoated the poor fellow who transcribed the briefing one of the tweets was truncated and did not accurately report her master's words we removed this tweet you remember what i said about scapegoating he really did but barge johnson himself had said almost the same thing said it's on video you argue that their source of the

chalk is russia how did you manage to find it out so quickly when i look at the the evidence i mean the people from from portland they were absolutely categorical and i asked the guy myself i said are you sure and he said there's no doubt wouldn't want to be in their shoes right about now yet they did find a way around it a simple statement saying that boris johnson didn't mean it like that where the foreign secretary said then and what putin donna said recently is fully consistent with what we've said throughout having taken things so far so fast they can't afford to do a u. turn this investigation could end in two ways with proof of russia's guilt or with an uncomfortable silence and hope that everyone forgets until then boris keep doing what you do every day you are the one thing on earth.

is the government russia. of surrogate's free power is not an isolated case but the latest in a pack of. bricklayers behavior by the russian state the russians the russians of russia russia russia russia russia tomorrow i'm afraid the evidence is overwhelming that it is russia and boris yeltsin has serious questions to answer he claimed on german television this was a russian produced nerve agent and porton down then examined it and said all that if i was not a troll they couldn't say where it came from. opposition politicians in the u.k. have been running on boris johnson on twitter meantime the shadow home secretary says that perhaps mr johnson might also want to delete that vilified german t.v. interview for a start other stressed the need to check evidence while labor m.p.

chris williamson called johnson downright dangerous and says the instance been used as a diversionary tactic. it seems to me the government were indulging in political point scoring particularly boris johnson who raced ahead of the evidence and used this terrible incident not so much as a smoking gun but more of a smokescreen really it was a very convenient wasn't for the government to use this as a way of diverting attention from their own difficulties over bricks policy and you know at the end of the day it's pretty clear that boris johnson did not tell the truth he told the german interviewer that. scientists doubt it said it was without doubt that the agents had to come from russia so i think jeremy corbin was absolutely right to caution to ask for clear evidence before we start to raise international tensions but we need to get to the bottom in the evidence and jeremy said this seem to point towards russia but let's be

absolutely clear before we start raising international tensions in this way this is huge implications far more sensible to take a measured approach and be clear about the evidence and let all the evidence. and one of most cities in the world some locals living in fear these days as gangs take over this street next to our t. goes to meet residents of a crime ridden neighborhood in paris. as you exit the metro in much of paris is eighteenth home the first thing in a groups of young men locals claim they migrants mostly from north africa they say they form gangs and generally wreak havoc theft is common and it's clear even the police this area as problematic within minutes were offered advice from an officer .

we see police stopping young men and searching that banks. locals say that being terrorized by a group of around sixty juveniles migrants from morocco but because their teenagers the police rarely do anything more than give them a caution before letting go again. with knives the time of night when it's the. morning like five six o'clock you know. it's like the. it's like yeah you know it's like like. it's. like you know it would be. yeah yeah it's. easy to know is. this is part of the gang he was

referring to they look like young children but local say they've had enough of them fifteen hundred have signed a petition for action those who know the area say residents are taking precautions . but. the truth. the city council tried to deal with the problem the teacher allocated seven. your way to the new sentence flying off the streets but it seems most show no interest in the fees and support it seems they prefer to navel streets surviving on the mystery but it's. not see us. coming up here facebook's admitted that the massive data breach was even worse than previously thought more about story and the rest that i used.

for a world cup twenty eight team coverage we've signed one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time but there was one more question and by the way it was going to be our coach. guys i know you are nervous he's a huge star among us and the huge amount of pressure come out you have to go i mean eighty percent of the beach we're told we're with you and we will show you all the great game the grid the game you are the rock at the back nobody gets past you we need you to get down there we have to go. alone and just i want to know and i'm really happy to join the team for the two thousand and three and world cup in russia meet the special one come all sorts of cliches meets just like the radio p.r.t. team's latest edition to make up a bigger. book. join me every thursday on the alex

simon short and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. i guess of facebook admitted that the scale of a recently uncovered data breach was far larger than previously thought the web giant says that the profiles of up to eighty seven million people could have been shared with a research firm in cambridge analytic or however the company that's accused of illegally using the information disputes that saying in fact its reach was much smaller in total we believe the phrasebook information of up to eighty seven million people mostly in the u.s. may have been improperly shared with cambridge in a way to get cambridge analytical license data for no more than thirty million people the consultancy firm is accused of using the private information of facebook users for targeted political campaigning among the company's client list were

donald trump hillary clinton and barack obama and it appears many politicians across the globe of also use cambridge analytical services in an attempt to swing public opinion but facebook's no saying came original it is not alone in fact in trying to mine private data in almost all the networks two billion accounts may have been compromised internet lore media experts we heard from say there's a lack of awareness about how people's data is being used and that says social media of course makes its money. i am originally the guys denying the figure they claim there is only thirty million but i don't think it makes a lot of different very thirty million a late in the year and i think it is the principle behind the old story about what about the use of internet robots as we call them books. in order to meddle with us elections not the bills there is a little bit of they were a little bit ridiculous nobody is talking about it but it was very interesting to hear was designed to beg only

a couple of weeks ago. almost apologizing for loudly and we're going to leave the boxes today that it was then being you do influence election is the this story was about influencing election but by third parties. rather than the news as they've done locally this is a company that route so rapidly now the people who are managing facebook lost control of their creation and the whole business model of facebook is built on this idea that they they collect highly targeted data on their users and then sell that data to advertisers and others and i think there just wasn't enough oversight of that process based but now want to say that they can they can police themselves internally they can solve these problems with their own oversight but i think that you know there's a legitimate reason that that's not good and we need to look at

a new regulatory framework that will protect the privacy of users of social media not just facebook but people go on google and other popular platforms. israeli authorities have blocked advocates urging female passengers not to switch seats with ultra orthodox jewish men don't have planes billboards in tel aviv airport would you to go up during the passover holiday saying ladies please take a seat and keep it in the campaigns and highlighting that gender seat swapping is illegal traditionally ultra-orthodox jewish men refused to sit next to women because of their religious beliefs and that can cause delays on places like planes the director of the israeli religious action center told us a bit more about the campaign now than. and what we wanted to do this thousand. this month is passive aggressive big harley here in israel and a lot of people are traveling to. a person which is basically a public service announcement letting women know of their greatest passengers and

we were denied by the israel airport authority to pay for it. because of the they just said the campaign was that after raise. and when we turned to the media when the media asked them they said. it was now inflammatory but it was a controversial campaign and they didn't want it to be in the airport. in fact a recent years the number of disputes between female passengers and ultra-orthodox men's increased some women have taken the complaints as far as court you may recall a year ago a judge ruled in favor of a lady who said that she'd felt humiliated after being asked to move she was eighty three year old rennie rabinovich we brought you her story a holocaust survivor and retired lawyer she sued israel's national airline for discrimination the court ordered the airline proved to prevent such incidents in future and also pay eight hundred dollars in compensation the israel religious action center again released a video now explaining what women's rights are if they come across a situation. there's

a growing trend already maybe simply refuse this it leads to women on planes behind the demands of the female passengers will move. down instead of telling the men to sit down the woman is dealt with severe pressure by fellow passengers and the flight attendant until she gives up and moves from earth seat. you into the u.k. zone a military base in bahrain housing five hundred navy personnel and inauguration ceremony was held on thursday it is the first permanent british base in the middle east and since one thousand nine hundred eighty one and will be able to serve minesweepers an aircraft carrier as construction was funded mainly by bahrain navy commander steve dainton told us the facility will help bolster security on key shipping routes. the aim of the war maybe being else here anyway is to enhance and ensure them are charged curacy in the in the region and whether or not it's. all there on the high seas culturing piracy countering terrorism making sure that the high seas

or the all safe for the free flow of commerce the free flow of trade to be able to take place british military support for bahrain comes despite global scrutiny of the gulf monex human rights record of course a human rights watch has accused the country of widespread torture and jailing peaceful protests political analyst and glazebrook told us the u.k. has a long history of propping up hardline regimes in the middle east. bahrain saudi arabia the same families in power today were put in power by britain right britain in the nineteenth and early twentieth century they've always depended on britain and to an extent the usa for their own survival and this was the deal britain will control your foreign policy. and will but will provide your security will naval you to stay in power so they're beefing up their military presence in the region and the beefing up the their naval presence in bahrain is was all is all part of that so what's in it for bahrain is regime survival they will not be empowered as

a ruling family without that western support so the west gets to demand naval bases or whatever it wants and even demand that they pay for them because it knows this is a quid pro quo they won't survive without the west support so they have to accept it because if britain and the us withdraw their support for the bahraini ruling clique they'll be overthrown tomorrow but it's knees up so far just quick reminder more reaction to the emergency u.n. security council meeting called by russia tonight over the scruple if it finished a few hours ago a frank heated statement of russia's position and in response response to from the u.k. and the u.s. in the coming hours a lot more on that then but for now it's kevin i would say thanks for watching this update now programs in your part of the world continue after this break good morning.

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and public less well for the most important of. all the talk about telling you on the cool enough to buy their product. all the hawks that we along with our audience will watch. thanks thanks thanks . thanks to god and welcome to the alex savin show having completed our chill if you're on the future of islands in europe when i turn our sights on the two other celtic

nations in these islands scotland and wales in the last half century scottish politics has been transformed starting with the victory of that very special lady when a friend margaret ewing in a byelection how milton and one nine hundred sixty seven from having no palm and little distinctive scottish voice the united kingdom scolding this move democratically to the very brink of independence alex a special guest this week has been active in politics right that period i'm not from only one vantage point but from that of three different political parties none are simply a member of the scottish parliament alex's interview with alex new demonstrates that he's lost none of us ability to rebel from the party line as he charged three forward for scotland but first let's have a look at your tweets your messages and your e-mails. gillie says alex salmon chill with political perspectives is very important in order to analyze in a critical way very serious issues we then heard from honey harper who says watch

my first show this week and i'm not likely to miss one in the future please to hear that heidi but a couple of e-mails first from david sharp who says i love the show alex it's good that you've got a good diversity of people who appear all the paste and finally from in bruce hi alex i'm really enjoying the show how about an interview with david taman apart from being a great actor he's been an avid supporter of independence for many years and it's also the kind of spit aid which is you know as a well run charity doing good work in scotland and across the globe keep up the good work well and i'm delighted to say that very soon alex will be interviewing david heyman on the show now the parts of the scottish parliament are still in the news these are the scenes from just two weeks ago when campaign is rally to protect the twenty years old institution from a brics it inspired per grab by westminster. but this is a story which in terms of major political developments stretches back half a century closely involved for all of that p.t.o.

to even longer than alex salmond himself has been alex neil one time key member of scottish labor sometimes break with party organizer scottish government secretary and the s.n.p. backbencher in the scottish parliament alex caught up with them in scotland's capital city of at imbra. ballot deal member the scottish parliament form a government minister in scotland you cut your political tif and they are sure one of the hotbeds of of socialism in scotland and originally a member the labor party so growing up in that tradition you came to prominence pretty early moved enough had a hundred rating or a labor party manifesto whereby well one thousand nine hundred six was the first elation i was ever involved in it was fourteen years of age and i was very inspired by your hero hartle wilson and i actually met them for the first time when he came to even one thousand nine hundred six to address the now late rally and i was also

that year the labor candidate for dell meddling to the high school mock election and i won it right because i was brought out and i'm aiming community and if you are interested in politics assured our militant. problem like you will lose the main community if you're interested in politics in those days then it was a labor party those nor the party you could join and of course i joined the labor party young social as i was the chief of the labor club at university i was the first xi of the scottish and then the national organization of the students in the first research officer for the labor party in scotland this was the first ever fool time research officer of the labor party in scotland the scottish council of the labor party it was kind of very limited of course because of the same p.-six ace in the.